Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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Novelist - Eimear McBride, Film - Parasite, Playwright - Jasmine Lee-Jones and the Petworth Beauties get their legs back
Korean film Parasite, up for 3 Oscars, reviewed. Eimar McBride on her novel Strange Hotel.
04 Feb 2020,28 mins
Tom Hanks, artists and risk, Brexit dance piece Brink
Tom Hanks on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, artists and risk, Brexit dance piece.
03 Feb 2020,28 mins
Agnieszka Holland on Mr Jones, Risk Season - Failure, Timur Vermes
Director Agnieszka Holland on her film Mr Jones starring James Norton.
31 Jan 2020,28 mins
Robert Pattinson on The Lighthouse, Risk in Films, Greta Gerwig on Little Women
Robert Pattinson on his new film The Lighthouse, and Greta Gerwig on Little Women.
30 Jan 2020,28 mins
Melina Matsoukas on Queen and Slim, Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy years reviewed, Faustus: That Damned Woman, Richard Armitage
Melina Matsoukas on her film about police violence starring Daniel Kaluuya.
29 Jan 2020,28 mins
Patrick Stewart, Costa Book of the Year winner, Arts Council England's new 10-year strategy
Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: Picard, Costa Book Award winner, New Arts Council strategy
28 Jan 2020,28 mins
Scorsese - The Irishman, Risk Season continues, Naum Gabo exhibition
Martin Scorsese - The Irishman, Risk Season continues, Naum Gabo exhibition in St Ives.
27 Jan 2020,28 mins
Martin Scorsese
The legendary film director on masculinity, music and redemption in The Irishman.
27 Jan 2020,37 mins
Pet Shop Boys, Emotional risk taking in the arts, The Eye As Witness
The Pet Shop Boys talk about their new album Hotspot.
24 Jan 2020,28 mins
Guz Khan, Calculating Risk, Northern Writing
Creator Guz Khan on the return of Man Like Mobeen, Calculating Risk, Northern Writing.
23 Jan 2020,28 mins,
Terry Jones remembered by Michael Palin, Hugh Laurie on Avenue 5, Gabrielle Aplin
Remembering the life of former Python Terry Jones with Michael Palin
22 Jan 2020,28 mins
Terry Gilliam, Samantha Strauss, Risk in art: Jeremy Deller, Picasso and Paper exhibition
Terry Gilliam, Samantha Strauss, Risk in art: Jeremy Deller, Picasso and Paper exhibition
21 Jan 2020,28 mins
Dev Patel on David Copperfield, Front Row's Risk Season, bestselling author Kimberley Chambers
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) on playing David Copperfield in Armando Iannucci's film
20 Jan 2020,29 mins
Playwright Lucy Kirkwood, Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life, Sam Lee and Bernard Butler
Chimerica playwright Lucy Kirkwood, and Terrence Malick's latest film A Hidden Life
17 Jan 2020,28 mins
Charlize Theron on Bombshell, The Outsider reviewed, Ayeesha Menon, Independent Venue Week
Charlize Theron on playing a Fox News presenter who outs her CEO for sexual harassment
16 Jan 2020,28 mins
Fire in Australian art and culture, writer Ben Richards and The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel
Three Australian writers on of artists' response to the country's relationship with fire
15 Jan 2020,28 mins
Michael B Jordan & Jamie Foxx, Spotlight directory, TS Eliot Prize winner Roger Robinson
Michael B Jordan & Jamie Foxx, Spotlight directory, TS Eliot Prize winner Roger Robinson
14 Jan 2020,28 mins
2020 Oscar Nominations
John talks to Oscar nominees including Florence Pugh, Charlize Theron and Jonathan Pryce
13 Jan 2020,28 mins
Jonathan Coe, Johnny Flynn on Magnitsky the Musical, Selena Gomez album reviewed
Jonathan Coe, winner of the Costa Novel Award 2019, discusses Middle England
10 Jan 2020,28 mins
Laurie Nunn on Sex Education, Mary Jean Chan, Podcast news
Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, and Costa Poetry winner Mary Jean Chan
09 Jan 2020,28 mins
Freddie Fox, Costa Children's Prize winner Jasbinder Bilan, theatre ticket pricing
Freddie Fox on Freddie Fox on playing Jeremy Bamber in ITV's drama White House Farm.
08 Jan 2020,28 mins
BAFTAs so white, Adam Sandler, Costa First Novel winner Sara Collins, Fidelio reinvented
Adam Sandler talks about Uncut Gems and Sara Collins on her gothic novel
07 Jan 2020,28 mins
Sam Mendes on WWI movie 1917, Costa Book Awards 2019 winners
Sam Mendes on WWI movie 1917 and we announce the Costa Book Awards 2019 category winners
06 Jan 2020,28 mins
Hugh Grant and Matthew McConaughey, Daisy Coulam, Bill Bryson
Hugh Grant and Matthew McConaughey on their new Guy Ritchie film The Gentlemen
03 Jan 2020,28 mins
Jojo Rabbit reviewed, Alex Michaelides, protecting artworks from light damage
Taika Waititi directs and stars as Adolf Hitler in his Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit - we review
02 Jan 2020,28 mins
Beethoven at 250
A celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven, marking the composer's 250th anniversary
01 Jan 2020,28 mins
Cultural Quiz of 2019
We test our guests' knowledge of 2019 in the arts.
31 Dec 2019,28 mins
A decade of TV, Ballet podcast Tom and Ty Talk, Long Day's Journey into Night reviewed, Neil Innes
Boyd Hilton and Eleanor Stanford on how television has changed in the last decade
30 Dec 2019,28 mins
Art and Churches
An exploration of the evolving role of art in churches and cathedrals
27 Dec 2019,28 mins
Candice Carty-Williams in conversation with Bernardine Evaristo
Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo discuss their dazzling literary year.
26 Dec 2019,27 mins